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This makes my mind explode!

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wordpress vs Tumblr

Which one should I use? I need help! I have a personal blog where I talk about life, Spirituality, taking photos, and marriage... I love Tumblr but would like an established blog as well. Any thoughts?

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I understand you have strong beliefs on faith. Don't cut people off because you don't agree with their beliefs, that's how ignorance begins. Best of luck.

Hey! Oh no! Not cutting them off! I just didn't think I could get her advice on a particular subject you know what I mean because our views on that are so different! However I'm open to those who have a different faith than I do. We all are free to believe in what we want too! Thank you for being so open and willing to share your opinion and not be rude about it... I think thats awesome :)

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Unfollow? Your Thoughts!

There is a girl on here who has a great blog and it sucks that I had to stop checking her blog out. You see, she is a proud Atheist and credits herself for all that she has done. I told her I thought she had come along way, but I truly could no longer follow someone or get advice from someone who doesn't believe. Is that wrong of me? I don't think so.. What are your thoughts?

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Did anybody else find this performance to be soooooooooooooo sick!!!!!!!!!!! Gotta Love Pentatonix!

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THE TRUTH!

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The MOST incredible performance taken on by an acapella group.. AGH!

onanotherplane:

yes, please. and thank you.

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Fitzgerald Story...

Meet Kezia Fitzgerald,27, of Massachusetts. She's a loving mom who is known for knitting beautiful baby hats and booties. Kezia and I are only 2 years apart. She's happily married, so am I. I sense she has a beautiful spirit (I'd like to think that I do too.) Kezia is married to Mike and they have a beautiful lil girl named, Saiorse.  Kezia & Mike have the typical love story, falling in love, getting married, buying a house, then having baby Saiorse. Kezia found out in January 2011 she was diagnosed with Stage 3, Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Her daughter started having problems as well, and in May 2011, Saoirse was diagnosed with Stage 4 amplified Neuroblastoma so both mommy and daughter have been battling cancer together.  Doesn't that make your heart just go out to them? They were just featured on CNN because the father has now lost his job due to dealing with his family's medical condition. I just read the article on CNN and my heart immediately felt heavy. If you are interested in reading the mom's blog, you can here: http://newmomnewcancer.blogspot.com/

If you are interested in giving a donation or supporting them in anyway, please find out more about their foundation here: http://www.facebook.com/fitzgeraldcancerfund

It just really makes you put things in perspective. Here I've complained about being away from home, having to discover the new, and this family is battiling with not only one family member going through cancer, but two. I can't even fathom what they are going through or begin to understand what it must be like. Thankfully, the mother's cancer has been in remission since September. It was recently discovered however that the little girl's cancer has now spread to her Bone Marrow so she needs all the prayers and support she can get. I ask that you pray for this family. God is the ultimate healer and I just pray for their strength as they are dealing with their daughter's cancer..

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Mike wishes he could fight the battle for his daughter, but he can't...  

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My husband and I after the Race For the Cure... One of the most amazing events ever! Will def do it again! 

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thesearetheprettiest-bones:

Only slightly, but still..f&^%$.

Penspeaks: I HATE IT! Ruins all of my pants!

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Pretty Phenomenal Phood! lol

So I did something pretty awesome the other day. I spent 3 hours in the Kitchen. Yep! Making a single dish. However it turned out so amazing, I didn't mind.. So I was craving Italian the other day, and knew going out to eat really wouldn't be an option for my hubby, so I thought... Ill make something. After searching over, and over again, I found a really cool website: http://mylasagnarecipe.com/  I thought, How awesome! I had already looked at a whole bunch of recipes, but this one was very in depth with pictures! I can tell they took a lot more effort and time with their recipe, but I followed it for the most part, minus some of the ingredients and let me tell you it was delicious!!! First Things First, I printed out the grocery list and head to the store!

Now many of you don't know me, but I follow recipes, just not always all the time. I guess I try to cut corners, and as a creature of habit, I tend to like to taste

 things a certain way (lol)

Anywho, I started out with having this wonderful handsome man, I like to call em hubby, chop up some onions and garlic for me. Meanwhile I chopped up some Spinach, put a few seasonings, and thankfully to the amazing great Ninja (blender) I was able to come up with this neat green mixture that smelled soooooooo good. 

Well if you go to the website and read the  recipe, I made it, minus some time here and there and let me tell you, it not only turned out beautiful, but it tasted amazing!! We had leftovers and we've eaten them!

                     So go out! Be adventurous, make some Lasagna (lol)                                            

The only thing I would do differently is, maybe add just as much stuff as the original recipe called for although I loved it! I would also have not forgotten tasty Garlic Bread and maybe a ceasar salad but who knows! WE SHALL SEE!!!

Until Next Time FOlks!

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Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue.

EUGENE O'NEILL, The Great God Brown

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"Sing to the tune of Alanis Ironic song"

You practice hard, to join the race. At 100 years old, you make your place. Another runner, under 30 years old. While you cross the finish line, He falls and dies in the cold Now Isn't it Ironic? Don't ya think..

nationalpost:

Good news: 100-year-old becomes world’s oldest marathon runner; Bad news: Runner, 27, dies in waterfront marathon Mere seconds from completing the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday, a 27-year-old man collapsed and died just short of the finish line. The half-marathon runner had just 300 metres to go when he dropped near the intersection of King and Wellington streets at 11:15 a.m. and never got up, race organizers say. He was transported to hospital “with no vital signs,” the race’s medical director Bruce Minnes said in an emailed statement, but not before a bystander rushed in to help by administering CPR with the help of the Marathon’s first responder units. Their efforts to revive him failed. But there was indeed joy at the race’s finish despite the runner’s tragic death. 100-year-old Fauja Singh of India broke a record Sunday, becoming the world’s oldest marathon runner when he crossed the finish line approximately eight hours after his start. The centarian’s feat will go down in the Guinness Book of World Records. Kenyan Kenneth Mungara won his fourth consecutive marathon title, finishing the race in two hours, nine minutes and 51 seconds — the time it takes many runners to complete the half marathon. (Photo: CNW Group/Scotiabank)

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lilysofthefield:

I wonder if my voice could ever become worn out and my words empty. Will there be a day when you skim by these overused lines and thoughts. Is the day going to come when I will recycle these pages in a burning pile sending their ashes to the heavens.   I plead, never forsake my pain and the beating of my struggling heart. Don’t overlook these scars I’ve marked with pens, I beg you don’t leave me here to die alone. 

Love this poem!

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Sad but True...

I remember being in graduate school and immediately becoming wrapped up in a case of a missing child called "Precious Doe". Beautiful little girl! The only thing is that we didn't get to know how beautiful she was. We didn't find out after the fact. You see, because Precious Doe was the name given to the body of a 3 year old girl who was not only murdered but decapitated. She was so brutally injured, they couldn't even identify her for years. It wasn't until 2005, four years later, she was identified as                                                Erica Michelle Marie Green                                             

                                                 May 15, 1997 - April 28, 2001

 It was that case that gripped me and made me invest all of my time and efforts into missing children. I was then given an assignment to take on a project for my content analysis class. Content Analysis is a textual analysis of communication (In some cases, counting!) Well as passionate as I was (And still am) about her and other missing children, I started researching Missing Children, and found that many missing children with serious cases go unheard of everyday. So My project was called MIA: Missing In the News. Using a theory that has been mentioned before, Missing White Women Syndrome (MWWS) . Before you all yell at me and think this is about race, its so much more than that. MWWS is a theory that deals with the inadequate coverage of those who go missing who do not fall under a specific prototype. My research showed that men (regardless of race and sometimes age), african americans, and white women and children who aren't upper class or follow a cookie cutter look (blond hair, blue eyes) do not get as much coverage in the news as your typical blond hair blue eyed girl. In fact, it even showed that at times if they didn't meet the upperclass criteria, looks alone still made a difference. Although I did this study awhile back, it startled me that my mind went back to my study when looking at the news recently..

For that past few weeks we have been seeing a lot of coverage on Baby Lisa who was taken out of her home. You can see Baby Lisa below.. Isn't she beautiful? My heart goes out to the family and I watched a news story on her this morning... The family is truly missing this little one and I really hope she comes home soon!

But then today, I got a new email, from a predominitely black site, and the headline read, "Have you Seen Jaheysse Shockey?"  This caught my attention so I continued reading, that Jaheysse was home with her siblings when mom stepped out. When she returned, the child was gone. However, I never heard of her until I got that email. She didn't make mainstream media... 

 She's adorable. She's away from her home... However we are still hearing about the girl who is missing from Aruba, Baby Lisa, we are still even hearing about Jaycee Dugard who is now home! However, these children go missing, unheard of, and it just bothers me.

Another thing that bothered me is while researching Jaheysse, I came across another case where a lil boy was missing a few days ago, (ANOTHER CASE I NEVER HEARD OF), and the child's body was found today. Little William McQuain. Never heard about his case eitther. I think what bothers me most is the fact that police found his mother dead in the home, which makes me feel as if he was more in danger and now he is gone...  

I understand that media can't touch on everything, but there is a a cycle going on here that needs to be broken. I remember when doing my research reading a case where this white man went missing and he showed up I believe 18 times total for the years he was missing. We aren't even going to talk about Lil Rilya who wasn't discovered missing until 2 years later due to the negligence of the foster agency she came from. While that is mainly the fault of the organization, after reviewing her presence in the news, she didn't recieve hardly any coverage when her case was another serious one where the caregiver definitely showed issues. 

Rilya's case was so similar to the Casey Anthony case, and we heard nothing. I tell ya, as I'm writing this article it breaks my heart. I know that the news is short, but there has to be a better way of getting the word out there on missing people from ALL backgrounds. 

I could go on and on but this has to stop... If I've pissed you off, it's probably because you know somewhere deep down inside this is just not right. I just had to share my frustration and passion with you and I hope you will spread the word. If the news aren't going to show these missing individuals, we have to... We have to get the word out there and make it known that more children need to be shown. I will end with these questions? Where is Aliyah Lunsford and Why haven't we heard of her?                              

Just something to think about.. That's all I ask...